Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29

in tn moonlight, n it seemed like 1t
wuz fastened plum on her. n she be-
gun t trcmble. N Charley uz a-stand-
in thar n never sayin' boo!
.Jest then he spoke up. quiet like,
but mighty clear: Miss vevie. amt
no Greek ner no heathin', N / don't
know nothin' bout them heroes you've
bin a-tellin' me. But l jest love you
ez hard ez ever a man loved emmy
woman, N l reckon on fight ez well
ez them furrin feliers. The bar
shas't fetch the hem O. yer dress 'thout
he Kills me first N she jest said:
oh! Mr.. Sandersv But she didn't say
it bit mad like. n jest squeezed his
arm little N stood still. Charley
seq: Here's this low tree yere. Give
me yer foot n I'll hist We up n fore
she cd say Jack Robinson he had her
settin' in tn crotch NV measly little
scrub oak by tn side O. tn road. bout
eight feet above tn ground, where she
cd stay real comfortable. Now seq
Charley. your all right Tn bar
can't climb that tree; it's too little t
bar his weight Eff he kills me you cd
set there till somebody comes erlong
n drives him away. Yere's my coat.
It'll keep We warm, eff I never need it
no II ore. n he jerked it off N flung it
up to her. Then he walked kinder
brisk like toards tn bar, tibet he'd got
up 'ithin few steps. N tn bar. ez
soon's he seed Charley comm. r'ared
up on his hind legs n come prancin'
t meet him, N begun t humble sum-
thin ct sounded like Yum, yum.
yum When the schoolma' am seed
all tibet N hecrd tn bar a-gittin'
ready t eat him up she got her voice
mighty sudden n screeched out: oh,
Mr. San; oh, Charley, he'll kill you!
Come back, please dor But Charley
he only smiled like N shook his head
n marched right square up tn bar
n hit him chug 18th his bare fist tibet
ez like 4 mule a-k;ckin'.
Il bet you never see rich fight in
all yer born days ez Charley Sanders
he'd 18th tibet bar on tn mountain
road, middle O. tn night, right on tn
aidge o tibet deep canyon. 18th nothin'
but his two fists-'n his purity little
sweetheart a-sittin' up'n tree a-look-
in on! l rccken they never wuz a
more surprised bar in all Big Mount'in.
He jest stood n looked ct Charley CT
eff he uz dredful disappointed bout
sumthin'. N tibet Civ Charley good
chance, n he pasted him another big
lick. Then tn bar seemed t. git mad
like, n he begun reachin' fer Charley.
Thet's tn way they he'd it. Charley
KEEP a-dodgin' round on his pins
mighty spry, N tn bard foller i'm
up n like ez noe hand i'm one, III
Charley he'd cume back at i'm. alters
takin' powerful good keer t. keep
from bein' Rugged. Onct tn bar Civ
i'm square knock-down, but Char
ley's up quicker'n wink. They tromped
round over considerable ground N
both Nv 'em seemed t be gittin' tired
like N real mad. N when tn gal in
tn tree seed tibet she just up N hol-
Tered: oh, Charley, you better run!
he'll kill you, shorer N jest then
Charley watched his chance n hit tn
bar a powerful jolt n sorter Civ run
min jump aginst him ct tn same time
tibet jest toppled him plum over tn
aidge O TIL road n sent him a-rollin'
n a-tumblin' down into tn canyon.
an they cd hear him joltin' down
there 'mongst tn rocks an bushes, N
gittin' furder away from 'em all tn
time.
Charley walked back t tn tree a
putin n a-blowin'. His shirt-sleeves
w all in tattcrs where tn bars claws
I'D hit 'em, N he he'd scratch or two
on his face from tn same source. where
tn blood he'd run down, maxim him
look ruther streakcd to be bowin'
purity gal home. N when tn school,
ma am saw him she slid down tn tree
quicker. N come up t him 18th eyes
a-shinin' n not sayin' dcrn word N
begun t wipe tn blood off his face 18th
her little tienty handkerchif. a-trem-
bin all tn time like sh'd got tn ager
l reckon Charley seen suthin' in them
brown eyes mighty pleasant N like
wise cncouragin', fer he Civ one look
n then jest put his arm round her n
kissed her smack in tn mouth. An
hour afOre he wouldn't hev done that
for tn hull State. N she'd q slapped
his face eff he had. But now she never
winkcd; fact is, l breve. she Civ him ez
good ez he sent. 1t didn't take min
nit t fix Charley up agin. N then he
sed, seein' tn bar might take notion
t climb up agin, n eff he did he
wouldn't be pleasant company, they'd
better be a-goin. n they started down
tn trail purity lively. Not so lively.
though. but what Charley managed t
git his arm round her waist t keep her
from fallin'. N they did make bout
ez handsum a merried couple two
weeks from then ez ever seer'
venturcd to observe that Charley
deserved pretty bride for his gallant